The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1887-11-22
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EJ.is 8 foolish plan to trySstol 41ltiYatd
too much ground. 1t IS Far Better to
manure we'll as Far as the manure will go
and let the rest Of the ground lie. The
first crop OF mangels grew, a good.
many years ago, was planted on this
spreading system. i had 40 or 81 loads
| OF manure in q sheep pen which J.
thought was rich enough to go oyer'6
acres Of ground, and SO spread in quite
thin. That i've acres Of mangels was
burden to me the whole season. There
was manure enough to- grow good
crop of weeds, but not enough to push
the mangelg ahead OF them. The crop
| was q failure. It iis. u part Of my
methods to learn by my failure. The
next crop grew, l put 80 loads OF good
manure on one acre. The, mapgels
fairly jumped out Of the ground from
the start, and the labor OF wedding was
very little. The broad leaves shook
hands across the rows very soon, and
| the weeds had no chance. The mangles
leaned this way and that, and In places
two grew together and held each other
up. Many weighed from ID to 20
pounds, and some "a pounds, the root.
NeighbOrs came and pulled specimens
to show at the village stores, and my
crop made AZ tons to the acre. That
paid very we'll. It'was seven years ago
and the land shows the benefit of the
manuring now. used to read in my
youth, ',liberal soul shah be made fat, =
and if this does not apply to manur-
! ing the land, feeding the stock, and
farm work generally, Solomon made q
mistake or knew nothing about farm
work. But he did or he would never
have written, "First make thy work
| lt in the field and then build thine
house"--a wise thing for modern
farmers to do.
! AVERAGE SERVICE or n Cow
The average actual life Of q COW Is
eight years. The possible productive
life OF Il COW is twenty years. The
writer's best COW is the twenty-thlrd of
her dam. An Ayrshire COW once gave
in the writer's presence thirty-seven
quarts OF milk in one day with her
thirteenth calf. and at the time she
was too old for her age to DO indicated
by her horns. A Jersey COW dropped
her best calf, now COW, when she was
nineteen years old. and the Centennial
!, prize Jersey COW Niobs was very old
| COW then. Now, what a loss there is
In wearing out COWS at eight years old.
| a COW properly cared for isthen at her
prime, and may compare with q man OF
forty years in that respect. at such
an age man has twenty years Of vigor.
Gus useful life at least before him, and, ,
by husbanding his powers, ten years
more may be added, A COW may Just
as well adj six years more to her eight,
! and will beyond doubt If she Is well
Nsed and still yield better profit to
her" owner than rour.year-o old COW.
Thus the productive life OF a COW may
be actually doubled by good care and
usage.
SoURED to the first degree (rnade
nlmply sbur) is tho best form in which
to give food to hogs. Why it is 80 may
not be fully understood; but it is to be
assumed that in thIs condition there
Is less fermentation in the stomach,
which gives 1t q better tone, and the
partial fermentation beforehand also
aids in the digestion. One thing is
certain that hogs when fed unfermen-
ted food are more troubled with
| hAtulency, and anybody knows that
this condition or the stomach is not
conducive to a good appetite or q good
digestion. The most successful feed
ers get the food for hogs as near the
first degree OF fermentation as they
can, and the men who fail are those
who do not regard these things, or at
all events, who do not practice them.
lHAy1G ascertained to my satisfaction
that one toad will actually destroy
more worms and bugs than any bird
living, and | have como to regard him
as friend indeed, He goes abroad at
night when cut worms are out, and the
number that he can stow away In his
capaclOus abdomen Is actually astonlsll-
Ing. All he requires Is a cool place tC
repose in through the day, and when
thus provided he will meyer forsake 9
field while his favorite food is abundant.
AS an insect destroyer he Is worth q
half dozen of birds Of his size,
Boxes FOR BIRDS. Some one makes
the timely suggestion that a few pro
htable hours can be spent in the winter
In making boxes for birds to build In,
These may be placed sabout the farms,
on the trunks Of shade trees, on poles
along the fences and on limbs Of fruit
trees. 1t pays to encourage blue. birds
WreDs, martins, and such other birds &c
build in boxes. !
NESTS. Experience teaches us that
| ~ ~ ~ ENoo PittAt liz -ulttDU6I "Ildu SiXe
OF fowl you prepare the nests for, the
safest and cleanest place in which to
! deposit eggs; and which affords the
surest preventive against the hens eat
Ing their eggs or those under the sitters,
and the safest place from disturbances.
Is somewhere in the dark or IN the
darkest and most secluded part OF the
hatching-rOOm or hen-house.
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The old idea that 1t requires O large
carcass for good dairy COW has not
yet been proved. According to the
!, best evidence there is rs much; If no.
more profit to the dalryman in medium
and small cattle than large ones. Each
animal eats according to its size. and
when brought to the butchers blocl,
each sells by the pound. Cuts from
the carcass OF q large. animal cost no
more on the market than cuts from
small ones. Still there exists pTe-
JUDGE in favor Of large animals. z%&
THE agents Of English capitalists
have lately secured tf;lio, Indiana and
Iowa in serch Of blaca walnut lumber
and Quietly bought up all they could
obtain Oneof the agents relates that
he, met With an old farmer In Bartiio4
l0mew county Ind. who BtoId him thot